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[quote=Anonymous]Hi Rebecca.  Congrats on your twins!

My best advice to you is to join your local parents of multiples club.  If you're in the DC area we have a great one in Montgomery County (MCPOM - MoCO Parents of Multiples).  There's a really good one in Fairfax also.

Through those networks you can get great, specific advice from parents who don't have to be anonymous like on this forum.  We also share nanny referrals, night nurses, contract info, etc...  And it's great to meet a few other folks who are due around your time or have kids around the same age.

Re your specific questions I second the Breedlove recommendation.  There are several services that will handle taxes and payroll for you and I HIGHLY recommend doing that. It cost a little more, but it is a huge sanity save and makes the whole thing a total breeze to manage.  We have been using Breedlove for 2 years w/ our nanny and they've been really great to work with.  Never a single problem and a great resource for information.

Re payment - you'll do better hiring a nanny for whom you guarantee steady work, even if there are times when one of you might be able to offer the coverage.  As a mother of twins myself, let me assure you that the occasional days when you might have off are days when it is GREAT to still have a nanny to help.  I often take vacation days just to do things like shopping, or cleaning out closets, going to a doctor, or maybe even having lunch with a friend.  Those days are key to my sanity and also to keeping the whole household on track.

And then there are the times when the parent(s) in the house are sick and if it weren't for the nanny you don't know how anyone would survive!  (Speaking as someone who called her nanny one morning when the nanny was supposed to be off, feeling like I was on my deathbed and begging for help!)  :-)

You will occasionally spend a bit of money paying the nanny for time you could have covered.  But it's a very small price to pay for the backup, consistency, ongoing relationship, etc..

Good luck and congrats![/quote]

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